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Short Sellers And The Forclosed Catch A Break
Good news for people who
lost their home because of financial problems, or did a short sale to
avoid foreclosure. Typically, Fannie requires a five year wait period
before owners can re qualify. Now you may not have to wait the typical
four or five years to re-qualify for financing for another home, it
could be as little as two years. Fannie Mae is relaxing rules that
prevented loan applicants who did a short sales or a deed in lieu of
foreclosure from obtaining a new mortgage for up to five years.
To qualify in the relaxed, minimum two years period borrowers will need
to come up with down payments of at least 20 percent. If 10 percent is
all you got the wait to qualify after losing your home reverts to the
four year minimum.
But Theres a Catch
Borrowers can demonstrate that their mortgage problems were directly
related to circumstances having to do with the excesses of this great
recession...such as job loss, medical expenses or a divorce. It might
might be able to qualify for new loans with minimum down payments of 10
percent in just two years. We will need to see how this plays out after
the new rules take effect July 1.
For those of us who lost houses to foreclosure because of financial
mismanagement or speculation, the mandatory five year waiting period
stands. To qualify for a new mortgage, Fannie expects borrowers to
reestablish credit sufficiently enough to pass the companys automated
underwriting system.
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